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Hey Mo, Can't say what is the best value, but will give my experience with my Craftsman Pro Series from 1989. BTW, wife bought it for me as a wedding gift, knew right then I'd made a good choice!! I dropped it off a trailer PLUMB FULL OF TOOLS! Weighed over a thousand pounds, absolutely no damage whatsoever. Closed a garage door on a small upper cabinet drawer once, can't remember which one, they all work like new. I give no consideration to not overloading the drawers, just pile it on them. My hammer drawer is one of the heaviest, no signs of wear at all. After being moved completely across the country several times and 13 years of constant use, if the thing is sitting unlevel and leaned forward in the least, the drawers come cruising out on their own (not sure if this utter frictionless operation is a good thing or not in this case!). Don't know what they cost now, but it was $1500 when she bought it, so it isn't cheap. Not sure what a Mac or Snap-on equivalent would cost. My father has an older Craftsman with friction slides and it really hasn't help up all that well. Also, this thing spent 4 years in Mississippi in a shed with no environmental protection at all except being out of the rain, with no detrimental effect at all. I had some nice C-clamps that rusted INSIDE of a sealed cardboard box in this environment, definitely a rough climate for tools, but the tool chest took it with stride. Once in a while I'll take compressed air to the drawers (to make me feel better), but that's it. Have never applied any lubricant to them. Most of its life it's been in a really dusty environment also. Hope this helps. It's fun to look, hard to decide! Tools
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